Song from a Secret Garden

Lung Tsai Ng Yuen is a secret garden built at West Lantau Island near Keung Shan at the end of Lantau Trail Stage 5.

The land was bought by Mr Ng, a textile merchant, in 1962 with 2 million HKD as a private villa. And later a classical garden of Yangtze Delta was built on it.

Mr Ng believed in Buddhism and his Dharma name is “Awaken”. Therefore he named the garden as “Ng Yuen”, meaning a garden of awakening.

Inside this quiet garden, there is a lotus pond, a zigzag bridge, and a pavilion, where tourists can enjoy the antique flavor.

But sadly, the garden was having some issue on the land ownership and has been very poorly maintained in the past few decades. In 2012, the garden was completely locked and tourists cannot go inside, but it would be still nice to get a peek when passing by and appreciate its elegant aesthetics.

In 2003, I moved to Hong Kong with a dream of traveling around the world. Later I found out, HK is an amazing "mini world". Other than skyscrapers, a few steps outside the modern city, it has steep hills, winding coastlines, outlying islands, millions of years volcanic rocks, remote beaches, unspoilt fishing villages, secret waterfalls, wild animals and ancient forests. Follow me now to explore the Hong Kong less traveled.

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[…] According to internet sources, this place was created by Mr Ng, a textile merchant, who bought the land in 1962 for 2 millions HKD to build a private villa. Later he built a classical Chinese garden. Mr Ng believed in Buddhism and his Dharma name was « Awaken ». Therefore he named the garden “Ng Yuen”, meaning « garden of awakening ». Inside the garden, there were a lotus pond, a zigzag bridge, and a pavilion, as you can see on this picture. […]